DPS Commission Approves Surcharge Changes
The Texas Public Safety Commission today approved a slate of rules meant to allow thousands of drivers to get their licenses back. The commission approved new rules for the Driver Responsibility Program that create indigency and amnesty programs for drivers who can't afford to pay the expensive surcharges and an incentive program to encourage others to pay up.
The DRP imposes surcharges on drivers who receive traffic violations. They must pay annual surcharges in addition to fines and court costs associated with the initial traffic ticket, or the Texas Department of Public Safety, which operates the program, suspends the ...
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Elizabeth Orchard
What do you do if you didn't know you even received a Surcharge until it's too late? Then you find out that you had been subjected to them when you did not violate the law? I received a ticket for not having proof of current insurance. I was in fact insured, but didn't handle the ticket payment in a timely manner. I was already punished for not paying the fine on time. But I was not told that I would be liable for a surcharge. Nor was I made aware that I was paying a surcharge when settling my late payment of the ticket. Only upon receiving the second of the three surcharge payments did I know that I had been assessed one. At that time I presented an documentation that I had NEVER gone without insurance, and therefore had not merit the surcharge. Now, they want their third and final payment. This is total BS. And there is no one to report this to, unless you want to drive illegally to Austin to deal with the insane matter personally...